Crossword Answers For: Sunday, August 20, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Location of the first concert of Madonna's Celebration Tour on Oct. 14th, as announced last week; Vancouver was originally scheduled as the first show, but the singer was sidelined with a bacterial infection earlier this summer and had to reschedule => LONDON
7 Across: Army rank (abbr.) => PVT
10 Across: Peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal => IBERIA
11 Across: 2011 movie about a macaw named Blu => RIO
12 Across: This Spanish-speaking metropolis will host the last date of Madonna's tour => MEXICOCITY
14 Across: Michael Jackson hit off Thriller => PYT
15 Across: The ___ and the Papas (California Dreamin' band) => MAMAS
16 Across: This is ___ Tap => SPINAL
18 Across: NYC's Financial District => WALLST
20 Across: Chinese district known for casinos => MACAU
21 Across: In favor of => PRO
24 Across: Causing ___ (Madonna hit that fans voted the song they most wanted to hear on the upcoming tour, on a poll run by Billboard magazine) => ACOMMOTION
27 Across: Have fun at Aspen or Vail => SKI
28 Across: ___ Me (Madonna hit that took the #2 spot in the Billboard poll) => RESCUE
29 Across: Word that has the same meaning as another word (abbr.) => SYN
30 Across: ___ Man Chant (Bob Marley & the Wailers song) => RASTA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: ___ Bizkit (Break Stuff band) => LIMP
2 Down: Follow an order => OBEY
3 Down: Part of STTNG => NEXT
4 Down: Soft & ___ (deodorant brand) => DRI
5 Down: Gotcha, when texting => OIC
6 Down: Judd and Campbell, for two => NAOMIS
7 Down: Word before donna or ballerina => PRIMA
8 Down: Of the utmost importance => VITAL
9 Down: Sheriff Woody and Mr. Potato Head, for two => TOYS
13 Down: ___ Stop the Feeling! (2016 Justin Timberlake song) => CANT
16 Down: Grand ___ (Wimbledon or the U.S. Open, for example) => SLAM
17 Down: Liquid-___ (drain-unclogging brand) => PLUMR
18 Down: Like Pee-wee Herman => WACKY
19 Down: Flip ___ (let fate decide) => ACOIN
20 Down: Bach's ___ in B Minor => MASS
21 Down: ___ or it didn't happen => PICS
22 Down: Lopsided victory => ROUT
23 Down: ___-day vitamins => ONEA
25 Down: Above, in poems => OER
26 Down: Org. seen at airports => TSA

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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